The SOLO SHOW does not draw inspiration from the circus (a stage for artists, trapezists, jugglers), but from the tents which were placed alongside the circus at the time of Barnum’s shows and which were thus named after their location. The Side Show – a tent strewn with wonders, freaks and animals forgotten by Noah. “The five-legged cow”, “the two-headed pig”, “the unicorn goat”. All of them were creatures to be displayed, as they had no other abilities. Likewise, the SOLO SHOW is a two-headed creature, divided by a burlesquish saloon interlude – 15 minutes of illusions, like a medicine show where magic potions are sold, together with Christopher Wonder and Jessica Love, the tattoo lady playing with fire.
In the first part of the SOLO SHOW the attractions are addressed to the inside and they are summarized in the illustrations on the poster: “The story-faced man. The man with his face disfigured from stories”. All his soul emerges on his face, turning him into a monster, like all the multiple creatures which are not three things in one, but none of the three.
Attractions are the others indeed. Everything this man relates to. The other, love, the road, war, nations, the Earth. Himself.
In the second part of the SOLO SHOW, it is time for the attractions mentioned on the banners that were hoisted during the interval: “the edgy jellyfish”, “the diver octopus in love”, “the abyss siren”, “the living man”, “the human piñata”, “the Minotaur”. You need exercise and a bit of “Gymnastics” to bear so many attractions at one time, but most of all you need a cage, a golden cage of light like the one that we build around ourselves everyday. In the cage are ghosts from the past, seductions, tyrants, monsters, expanding in circles until the orgy, Carnival ritual of “the human piñata”, winning over death with fireworks, with the final sacrifice of the wild beast, the Minotaur ox coming from the upside underworld, caught, jailed and displayed.
In the final, the stage becomes a saloon, as soon as intimacy increases and the audience ends up in the cage seduced by the Sybil oracle, which provides fragments of enigmas to take home and use to investigate the future.
It’s called SOLO SHOW because you have to deal with it on your own, holding tight, both on stage and on the seats. And also because, after all, it’s just a show – entertainment, just like having a ride on a roller coaster and ceasing the disbelief. Ceasing the constant endeavour to manage time. A truce with life, to let us be attacked from the inside, by ourselves, the moment we close our eyes.
Vinicio Capossela
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| 15/07/2010 | SOLO SHOW | Anzio (RM) | Villa Adele |
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| 12/07/2010 | SOLO SHOW | Brescia | Piazza della Loggia |
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| 10/07/2010 | SOLO SHOW | Padova | SHERWOOD FESTIVAL |
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| 09/07/2010 | SOLO SHOW | Bene Vagienna (CN) | FESTIVAL FERIE DI AUGUSTO |
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| 01/05/2010 | CONCERT ON MAY FIRST | Roma | Piazza San Giovanni |
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| 20/02/2010 | CONCERT IN MASK | Milan | East End Studio |
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| 20/01/2010 | SONGS IN A CARDBOARD SUITCASE | Terni | Teatro Verdi |
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| 18/01/2010 | SONGS FOR THE WINTER | Ferrara | Teatro Comunale |
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| 16/01/2010 | Accensione della FOCARA DI SANT’ANTONIO | Novoli (LE) | Piazza Tito Schipa |
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| 29/12/2009 | CHRISTMAS CONCERT | Bologna | Estragon Club |
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| 25/12/2009 | CHRISTMAS CONCERT | Taneto di Gattatico (RE) | Fuori Orario |
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| 24/12/2009 | CHRISTMAS CONCERT | Taneto di Gattatico (RE) | Fuori Orario |
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| 15/12/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Padova | Gran Teatro |
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| 13/12/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Firenze | Teatro Verdi |
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| 07/12/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Verona | Teatro Filarmonico |
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| 05/12/2009 | SOLO SHOW | La Spezia | Teatro Civico |
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| 03/12/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Milano | Teatro degli Arcimboldi |
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| 24/11/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Roma | Teatro Sistina |
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| 19/11/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Bagnacavallo (RA) | Teatro Goldoni |
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| 27/10/2009 | CONCERT | Vicenza | Teatro Olimpico |
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| 25/08/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Macerata | Arena Sferisterio |
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| 28/07/2009 | CONCERT WITH GUESTS | Fossa (AQ) | Campo Volo |
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| 27/07/2009 | SOLO SHOW WITH GUESTS | Monte S.Giovanni Campano (FR) | Musicalmonte 09 |
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| 25/07/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Arezzo | Play Arezzo Art Festival |
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| 24/07/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Faenza (RA) | PIazza del Popolo |
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| 02/07/2009 | VINICIO CAPOSSELA + CALEXICO | Torino | Giardini della Reggia di Venaria |
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| 01/07/2009 | VINICIO CAPOSSELA + CALEXICO | Roma | Ippodromo delle Capannelle |
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| 01/06/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Marina di Camerota (SA) | Piazza Plebiscito |
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| 25/04/2009 | CONCERTO DI LIBERAZIONE | Parma | Piazza Garibaldi |
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| 06-07-08-09/04/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Roma | Teatro Sistina |
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| 03/04/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Piangipane (RA) | Teatro Socjale |
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| 28/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Ivrea (TO) | Officine H |
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| 27/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Genova | Teatro Carlo Felice |
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| 21/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Ragusa | Teatro Tenda |
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| 20/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Catania | Teatro Metropolitan |
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| 18/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Palermo | Teatro Golden |
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| 17/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Palermo | Teatro Golden |
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| 14/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Gallipoli (LE) | Cinema Italia |
| 13/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Matera | Teatro Duni |
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| 12/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Taranto | Teatro Orfeo |
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| 09/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Vercelli | Teatro Civico |
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| 05/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Firenze | Teatro Verdi |
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| 03/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Grosseto | Teatro Moderno |
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| 01/03/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Cremona | Teatro Ponchielli |
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| 27/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Modena | Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti |
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| 21/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Schio (VI) | Teatro Astra |
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| 20/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Conegliano Veneto (TV) | Teatro Accademia |
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| 16/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Trento | Auditorium Santa Chiara |
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| 15/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Trieste | Teatro Rossetti |
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| 11/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Milano | Teatro Smeraldo |
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| 10/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Milano | Teatro Smeraldo |
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| 09/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Milano | Teatro Smeraldo |
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| 05/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Teramo | Teatro Comunale |
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| 04/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Teramo | Teatro Comunale |
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| 02/02/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Civitanova Marche (MC) | Teatro Rossini |
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| 27/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Torino | Teatro Alfieri |
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| 26/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Torino | Teatro Alfieri |
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| 24/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Assisi (PG) | Teatro Lyrick |
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| 23/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Jesi (AN) | Teatro Pergolesi |
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| 19/01/2009 | INCONTRO | Cagliari | Cineteatro Nanni Loy Casa dello Studente |
| 19/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Nuoro | Teatro Eliseo |
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| 18/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Cagliari | Teatro Comunale |
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| 17/01/2009 | SOLO SHOW | Sassari | Teatro Verdi |
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| 31/12/2008 | CONCERTI PER LE FESTE | Scandiano (RE) | Corallo |
| 27/12/2008 | CONCERTO DI NATALE DI VINICIO CAPOSSELA | Taneto di Gattico (RE) | Fuori Orario |
| 26/12/2008 | CONCERTO DI NATALE | Taneto di Gattico (RE) | Fuori Orario |
| 12/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Lecce | Teatro Politeama Greco |
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| 11/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Lecce | Teatro Politeama Greco |
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| 08/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Prato | Teatro Politeama |
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| 06/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Bologna | Teatro Duse |
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| 05/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Bologna | Teatro Duse |
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| 04/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Bologna | Teatro Duse |
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| 03/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Bologna | Teatro Duse |
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| 01/12/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Lucca (sold out) | Teatro Del Giglio |
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| 30/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Livorno (sold out) | Teatro Goldoni |
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| 28/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Brescia (sold out) | Palabrescia |
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| 27/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Piacenza | Teatro Politeama |
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| 25/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Ancona (sold out) | Teatro Le Muse |
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| 24/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Ancona (sold out) | Teatro Le Muse |
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| 22/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Catanzaro (sold out) | Teatro Politeama |
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| 18/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Bergamo (sold out) | Teatro Creberg |
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| 17/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Casale Monferrato (AL) | Teatro Sociale |
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| 15/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Cuneo (sold out) | Mercato coperto |
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| 14/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Parma (sold out) | Teatro Regio |
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| 11/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Milano (sold out) | Teatro Smeraldo |
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| 10/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Milano (sold out) | Teatro Smeraldo |
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| 07/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Avellino (sold out) | Teatro Carlo Gesualdo |
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| 04/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Napoli | Teatro Augusteo |
| 03/11/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Napoli (sold out) | Teatro Augusteo |
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| 31/10/2008 | SOLO SHOW | Ascoli Piceno (sold out) | Teatro Ventidio Basso |
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